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The Female Gaze

by Leigh Witchel What makes a good man? Sons of Echo began as an exploration by Daniil Simkin of this…

Alban Lendorf, Anne Plamondon, Daniil Simkin, Drew Jacoby, Jeffrey Cirio, Lucinda Childs, Osiel Gouneo, Siphesihle November, Tiler Peck

The Old and the New

by Karen Backstein Since Paul Taylor’s death, his company, now run by Michael Novak, has maintained a careful balance in…

Elizabeth Chapa, Eric Ewazen, Hope Boykin, Paul Taylor

La danse sur l’herbe

by Leigh Witchel Some things are too wonderful to erase. Pam Tanowitz and her collaborators, composer Caroline Shaw and artist…

Anson Zwingelberg, Caitlin Scranton, Christine Flores, Marc Crousillat, Pam Tanowitz

The Panic Room

by Leigh Witchel It felt as if Kimberly Bartosik had choreographed the last year. bLUr, her piece for a quintet…

Ashley Merker, Burr Johnson, Donovan Reed, Jacoby Pruitt, Joanna Kotze, Kimberly Bartosik

The Poem of Force

by Leigh Witchel Hervé Koubi’s What the Day Owes to the Night is filled with acrobatic stunts that could take…

Compagnie Hervé Koubi, Hervé Koubi

Second Time Was Not the Charm

by Karen Backstein Not everything gets better the second time around. American Ballet Theatre presented a reprise of its Innovations…

Catherine Hurlin, Chloe Misseldine, Jose Sebastian, Joseph Markey

Jukebox (Revisited)

by Leigh Witchel Assemble a group of your favorite songs, and choreograph a dance to them. What could possibly go…

Fredrick Earl Mosley, Jamar Roberts, Maija Garcia, Matthew Neenan

Past, Present . . . and Future?

by Karen Backstein American Ballet Theatre’s Innovations Past and Present program began with a world premiere by Brazilian choreographer Juliano…

Catherine Hurlin, Daniel Camargo, Hee Seo, Herman Cornejo, Isaac Hernández

Internationalism

by Leigh Witchel Dutch National Ballet paid New York City a full company, full evening visit for the first time…

Dutch National Ballet, Jacopo Tissi, Olga Smirnova, Ted Brandsen, Wubkje Kuindersma

An Uncertain Limbo

by Leigh Witchel How do you make a dance when it’s an effort to move? As the program for Zvi…

Chelsea Ainsworth, Erin Maher, Joe Tennis, Mizuho Kappa, Ron Heininger, Tessa Russ, Zvi Gotheiner

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